Indications for surgical or radiological placement of cannulas for intra-arterial induction chemotherapy.
Intra-arterial chemotherapy achieves a higher concentration and increased total dose of drugs to a locally advanced cancer. This principle is increasingly being applied for pretreatment of advanced or aggressive localised tumours to make them more curable by subsequent radiotherapy. This is sometimes called "neo-adjuvant" chemotherapy but better called INDUCTION chemotherapy (Stephens 1989).
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia.
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial / Q000379:methods*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents